* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. BETTY, DON'T SPEND IT [00:00:01] ALL IN ONE PLACE. . LITERALLY. ALRIGHT. IT IS 5 0 6. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. MR. DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLE? YEAH. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ARRANGING THIS SPECIAL MEETING WITH THIS, UH, CHAIR LIVINGSTON PRESENT. UM, VICE CHAIR REDFIELD DID EXPLAIN, SHE'S EXCUSED. EXPLAIN SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HERE. COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER HIA. SHE'S EXCUSED. UH, COMMISSIONER SEAN HERE. AND COMMISSIONER DIANTE SMITH. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL THANK YOU. SO WE WILL GO TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. APPLICATION NUMBER 24 DASH 1 66 FROM PARTNERS OF PARKS, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HOST A FUNDRAISER TITLED SOWING THE SEEDS AT EL DORADO NATURE CENTER ON APRIL 13TH, 2024. THAT INCLUDES THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES WITH PARAMETERS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE, OR DETERMINE THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY DOES NOT PROVIDE OVERALL PUBLIC BENEFIT AND DENY SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. APPLICATION NUMBER 24 DASH 1 66 FROM PARTNERS OF PARKS, UH, AT EL DORADO NATURE CENTER, DISTRICT FOUR DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. OH, ACTUALLY I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE BEFORE WE DO DISCUSSION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW, OKAY. UM, SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE EVENT, BUT I'M STILL GONNA HAVE, UH, SHELY BEATTY, OUR ACTING DIRECTOR FOR PARK PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS, UM, REPRESENT THE EVENT AND THE PERMIT. ASSOCIATED PERMIT. SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, SHELY. THANK YOU BRENT. ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS PARTNERS OF PARKS. IT'S THEIR FIFTH ANNUAL SOWING THE SEEDS FUNDRAISER TO BE HELD AT EL DORADO NATURE CENTER. UM, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AMPHITHEATER AREA ON APRIL 13TH, 2024 FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:30 PM THIS WILL INCLUDE THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL SET UP. TIME IS SET FOR THREE 30 WITH TEAR DOWN AT 8:30 PM THERE'S AN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 150 PEOPLE WHO WILL ENJOY A SILENT AUCTION. LIVE MUSIC BY THE JAZZ ANGELS AND REFRESHMENTS, BOTH NOT AN ALCOHOLIC AND BEER AND WINE. UM, ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT PARTNERS OF PARKS AND THEIR AFFILIATE PARTNERS. THEIR PROCEEDS GO TO SUPPORT PARK ACTIVITIES PROGRAMMING AND PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUTH TO COVER FEE BASED CLASSES AND CAMPS. THE COST IS $95 PER PERSON. THAT FEE STAYS IN PLACE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AND THEN GOES UP TO 110 PER PERSON. UM, THE PARK IS TO RECEIVE $275 IN PARK FEES AND A TO BE DETERMINED AMOUNT FOR STAFF CHARGES. THIS EVENT WILL BE HONORING REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT GARCIA FROM DISTRICT 42, THE US CONGRESS. SHEILA HAM, THE FOUNDER OF AVEN TO DREAM ENRICHMENT. CARL KEMP, THE PRODUCER OF THE LONG BEACH, JUNE 10 CELEBRATION. DON KNAPP, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO FOR THE CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH. IN REGARDS TO THE ALCOHOL, THE ALCOHOL WILL BE SERVING IN CLEAR CUPS. THERE IS A LIMIT OF TWO DRINKS PER PERSON AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE. UM, THERE WILL BE TAMPER RESISTANT WRISTBANDS FOR THOSE 21 AND OVER. THEY WILL NEED TO BE CARDED. THERE WILL BE FIVE SECURITY GUARDS ON THE PREMISES FOR THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS. THE 150 ANTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS. AND THIS IS A FREE ROAMING ALCOHOL EVENT, MEANING FOLKS CAN WALK AROUND THE EVENT, UM, WITH THEIR ALCOHOL AND IT IS CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SO YOU MUST HAVE PRE-PURCHASED A TICKET TO ATTEND. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE? I JUST HAVE ONE. YOU SAID WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE ALCOHOL BUT THE ALCOHOL WAS INCLUDED IN THE TICKET OR IS IT, DO YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE IT THAT DAY? NO, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GONNA CLARIFY. WE NOT SELLING ALCOHOL, WE'RE SELLING TICKETS, WHICH OKAY, PERFECT. CAN CLARIFY THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, FROM THE PUBLIC? ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? DRINK OF? NO, JUST THAT, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS ONLY REQUIRE TWO SECURITY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE A-B-A-B-C REQUIRES FIVE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE FIVE MM-HMM. , WE HAVE A VERY SMALL EVENT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE SERVING ALCOHOL AND THEN GENERALLY OUR MEDIAN AGES, YOU KNOW, ON THE HIGH SIDE OF 50. SO IT'S NOT GENERALLY A RAUCOUS PARTY UNTIL THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, THE BOTTLE. OTHER THAN THAT YOU COULD ALWAYS GO TAKE A DRUNK HIKE. YES, YES. YES. WE APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION AND THAT, AND I FEEL VERY SPECIAL THAT YOU'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING. , ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM STAFF OR THE PUBLIC? ALRIGHT, WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTIE SMITH. THAT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT [00:05:01] ON ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM? DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF? I I JUST WANT TO, UH, REMIND EVERYONE THAT, WELL IT IS A SPECIAL EVENT, UM, A WEEK FROM SATURDAY BECAUSE IT WILL BE, UM, OUR EXPRESSION, ALSO APPRECIATION OF TRINKA. SHE'S OUR OUTGOING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO'S DONE A GREAT JOB LEADING PARTNERS OF PARKS. UM, SO THAT I'M SURE THAT IT WILL BE. UM, THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF POTTERY ITEMS THIS YEAR. , I SAW THAT. I HOPE THAT YOU'RE EXCITED FOR THE POTTERY. UM, THEY'RE GREAT. OH, AND FOUR OF THEM ALL HAVE UNIQUE COLLECTION OF SUCCULENTS FROM MY BACKYARD GARDEN. MORE THAN THAT. YES. OH, MORE THAN FOUR. HOPEFULLY. USUALLY WE HAVE A FEW MORE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY ANYMORE. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. OH, WELL, I'D HAVE FOUR CERAMICS TO THIS DIRECTOR GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO PLANT FOR SUCCULENTS TO CURATE THEM FOR US. AND POTS. NOW I HAVE TWO PAINTINGS TOO THAT DEFINITELY, YES. AND A WONDERFUL GARDEN BASKET. SO WE HAVE A GOOD VARIETY OF STUFF. MM-HMM. BE A GOOD, SILENT OPTION. IT'S A, IT'S A NICE EVENT THOUGH. BEAUTIFUL. IT IS A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL SETTING BECAUSE I'M OUT OF TOWN, BUT I, I HAVE ENJOYED, I ENJOYED LAST WELL, I'LL TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES. SEND 'EM TO YOU, BOB. THERE YOU GO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING. THANK YOU FOR REARRANGING YOUR TRAVELS BACK SO YOU COULD LEAD THIS MEETING TODAY. SO THAT WAS DID, I HAD A LOT OF THINGS THAT I HAD TO COME BACK FOR. YEAH. MAYBE JUST, JUST SO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS. SO, UH, THE PROCESS, I GUESS SHOULD BOTH THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR BE ABSENT FROM A MEETING? IS THAT FOLLOWING THE, I GUESS THE PROTOCOL THAT COUNCIL FOLLOWS IS THE, THE NEXT, UH, MOST SENIOR MEMBERS. THANK YOU. I WAS GONNA SAY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT YEAH. IN OUR CASE COMMISSIONER IN TERMS OF TENURE. SO WE WOULD'VE, UM, DEFERRED TO COMMISSIONER SCHOEN. YEAH. YOU KNOW, MY TENURE IS COMING IN HERE , BUT, UM, YOU MADE IT SO WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE SAFELY AND APPRECIATE IT AGAIN, EVERYBODY BEING ABLE TO REARRANGE YOUR SCHEDULES TO JOIN. AND WE THANK YOU GUYS TOO FOR STICKING AROUND. ALRIGHT, SURE. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN AT FIVE 13. WOW. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE SHORTEST ONE WE EVER HAD. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.